Hall and Oates trivia

Hall and Oates trivia!

Below is some data I've found in various Billboard publications, that I thought many of you would enjoy!

General info

Daryl and John passed the Everly Brothers in the late '80's to become the #1 charting duo of the rock era.
They rank #24 in the top 25 artists of the 1980's (based on album rankings).
In Billboard's 1995 edition of The Billboard Book of Top 40 Albums, Hall and Oates rank as the 87th all-time artist of the rock era. (They were ranked #73 in the 1987 edition.)
The duo has scored 6 number one hits on the Billboard charts.
Hall and Oates are responsible for 11 of RCA's top 100 singles. The highest of these is Maneater, ranked #13. 7 of the 12 songs ahead of Maneater are by Elvis Presley.

Top 10 Hall and Oates singles

Song	Weeks at #1	Rank for the eighties	overall ranking, 1955-present
1 Maneater (1982)	4	32	158
2 I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) (1982)	1	45	244
3 Kiss On My List (1981)	3	54	281
4 Out Of Touch (1984)	2	83	415
5 Private Eyes (1981)	2	86	439
6 Say It Isn't So (1983)	-	92	453
7 Rich Girl (1977)	2	-	690
8 Sara Smile (1976)	-	-	703
9 You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling (1980)	-	-	1351
10 One On One (1983)	-	-	1473

Hall and Oates albums in Billboard's "Top 40"
In order by rank

Top 10 singles and their ranking listed below each album

Album	Highest ranking	Date entered Top 40	Weeks in Top 40
H2O Maneater(1), One On One(7), Family Man(6)	3	11/6/82	46
Private Eyes Private Eyes(1), I Can't Go For That(1), Did It In A Minute(9)	5	9/26/81	32
Big Bam Boom Out Of Touch(1), Method Of Modern Love(5)	5	10/27/84	31
Rock 'N Soul, Part 1 Say It Isn't So(2), Adult Education(8)	7	11/19/83	28
Bigger Than Both Of Us Rich Girl(1)	13	9/18/76	35
Voices Kiss On My List(1), You Make My Dreams(5)	17	8/30/80	35
Daryl Hall & John Oates Sara Smile(4)	17	5/22/76	11
Live At The Apollo	21	10/5/85	8
ooh yeah! Everything Your Heart Desires(3)	24	5/28/88	7
Along The Red Ledge	27	10/7/78	6
Beauty On A Back Street	30	9/24/77	5
X-Static	33	11/24/79	6
Abandonned Luncheonette She's Gone(7)	33	10/30/76	4

According to two readers of my page, Change of Season peaked at #60 on the album chart and So Close hit #11. This is why it did not make the chart above.

Daryl's Three Hearts In The Happy Ending Machine made it to #29, stayed in the Top 40 for 6 weeks, and produced one Top 10 hit, Dreamtime (#5)

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Hall and Oates trivia!

General info

Top 10 Hall and Oates singles

Hall and Oates albums in Billboard's "Top 40" In order by rank

Hall and Oates albums in Billboard's "Top 40"
In order by rank